Growth & Development

Early life events, including nutrition, play a powerful role in programming a person’s development, metabolism and health for the future. This section covers all aspects of the importance of maternal nutrition in the first 1000 days including nutrition in pregnancy, epigenetics, metabolic programming, breastfeeding, growth & cognitive development and a lot more.

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Feeding children with gastrointestinal impairment

Feeding children with GI impairment ESPGHAN 2024

Children with gastrointestinal impairments, including those with neurological diseases, congenital heart disease, short bowel syndrome, neuromuscular disorders, and cancer, often face significant nutritional challenges. Addressing these challenges requires careful consideration of nutritional strategies and enteral formula selection to ensure optimal health outcomes for these vulnerable patient populations. In this NNI Symposium at ESPGHAN 2024, experts Prof. Claudio Romano, Prof. Antonella Diamant, and Dr. Graeme O’Connor, detail these conditions, risks for malnutrition, and the various

Flavia Indrio NNIW101

Gut bone axis: Clinical implications

Co-Authored by 3 Experts
Siddarth Ventakesh

Microbiome-targeted dietary regiments to combat pediatric malnutrition

Sid Venkatesh
Diet, Gut Microbiota, and Western Lifestyle Diseases – A New Opportunity to Transform Human Health

Diet, Gut Microbiota, and Western Lifestyle Diseases – A New Opportunity to Transform Human Health

Infant Feeding and Opportunities for Obesity Risk Reduction
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Infant Feeding and Opportunities for Obesity Risk Reduction

Jose M. Saavedra
Modifiable Risk Factors and Intervention Targets for Healthy Growth

Modifiable Risk Factors and Intervention Targets for Healthy Growth

Preventing Atopic and Allergic Disease

Preventing Atopic and Allergic Disease

The Benefits of Breastfeeding (videos)

The Benefits of Breastfeeding

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The Development of Flavor Perception and Acceptance: The Roles of Nature and Nurture

Catherine Forestell
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Human Milk Fortification in India

Microbiota modulation. Can probiotics prevent / treat disease? 
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Microbiota modulation. Can probiotics prevent / treat disease?

Hania Szajewska